Alexander Korovin
Alexander Sergeyevich Korovin is a Russian pair skater. With his skating partner, Alisa Efimova, he is the 2018 Skate America silver medalist, 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy and 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb champion and a two-time CS Tallinn Trophy silver medalist.
Personal life
Korovin was born in Pervouralsk, Russia.Career
Early years
Korovin began learning to skate in 1999. He switched from single skating to pairs in 2010. Competing with his first partner, Alexandra Minina, he placed ninth at the 2013 Russian Junior Championships. He teamed up with Alisa Efimova in 2014. Their international debut came in February 2016 at the Hellmut Seibt Memorial. They won the silver medal, finishing second to Italy's Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek.2016–2017 season
Coached by Natalia Pavlova and Alexander Zaitsev in Moscow, Efimova/Korovin debuted on the Grand Prix series, placing seventh at the 2016 Rostelecom Cup in November. Later that month, the two received the silver medal at the 2016 CS Tallinn Trophy, having ranked second in the short program, first in the free skate, and second overall behind Alina Ustimkina / Nikita Volodin of Russia. After placing eighth at the 2017 Russian Championships, they took silver at the Cup of Tyrol in March 2017.2017–2018 season
Efimova/Korovin relocated to Saint Petersburg to be coached by Oleg Vasiliev and Tamara Moskvina. In September, the pair placed fifth at their season opener, the 2017 CS Lombardia Trophy and then won bronze at the 2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy a week later. In November, they took silver at the 2017 CS Tallinn Trophy behind Australia's Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor. They had no Grand Prix assignments. They finished ninth at the 2018 Russian Championships.2018–2019 season
In September, Efimova/Korovin won their first international gold medal at their first event of the season, the 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. Ranked fourth in the short program and first in the free skate, they outscored the silver medalists, Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim, by 1.72 points.Efimova/Korovin competed at two Grand Prix events, the 2018 Skate America and 2018 Rostelecom Cup. In October, Efimova/Korovin won their first Grand Prix medal, silver, at the 2018 Skate America. Ranked second in the short program and third in the free skate, they won the silver medal behind their teammates Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov. In mid November they competed at the 2018 Rostelecom Cup where they finished fifth after placing fourth in the short program and fifth in the free skate.
In early December Efimova/Korovin won their second Challenger Series gold medal of the season at the 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb. Ranked first in the short program and second in the free skate, they again narrowly beat Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim. This time Efimova/Korovin beat them by 1.05 points. At this event Efimova/Korovin also scored their personal best score of 183.89 points.
At the 2019 Russian Championships, Efimova/Korovin placed sixth.
2019–2020 season
Beginning the season on the Challenger series, Efimova/Korovin were seventh at the 2019 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, then won the silver medal at the 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy. They finished eighth of eight teams at the 2019 Cup of China. They placed fourth at the 2019 NHK Trophy.At the 2020 Russian Championships, Efimova/Korovin placed fourth in the short program. The free skate proved to be a struggle, with them placing tenth in that segment and dropping to ninth place overall.
Programs
| Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
| 2019–2020 | by Carl Orff choreo. by Elena Maselennikova, Alexander Stepin | by Paul Simon performed by Disturbed choreo. by Elena Maselennikova, Alexander Stepin | |
| 2018–2019 | by Rag'n'Bone Man choreo. by Alexander Stepin | by Nino Rota | |
| 2017–2018 |
choreo. by Julia Goriunova |
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| 2016–2017 |
choreo. by Julia Goriunova | by Johann Strauss II by Johann Strauss II choreo. by Julia Goriunova | |
| 2015–2016 | |||
| 2014–2015 | by Raúl Di Blasio |